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Lette/rs Patent No. 84,830, dated December 8, 1868.

COFFEE-URN.

To all whom fit may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE J ONES', of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCoffee-Urn; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a side view, and in Figure 2, a vertical central section.

This invention relates to an improvement in the patent granted to ThomasBishop, November 1, 1859, for improvement in tea and coiee-pots, ofwhich patent I am the assignee of the entirer right, as also upon thepatent for which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date April1G, 1867, No. 63,103,- the object being to adapt the same invention to acoffee-urn; and

rlhe invention consists in forming a water-j oint around the cover,combined with a sprinkler and filter.

-To enable others to construct and use my improvement, I will fullydescribe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the body ofthe urn, at the upper part of which is formed an annularchamber, B, through the centre oi' which is set a cylinder, C, with itsperforated bottom D, and into this is set the sprinkler E, with itsperforated bottom F, all in like manner as the patent of Bishop,aforesaid.

The cover Gis provided with a flange, a, which sets into the chamber B,so that when the chamber is partially lled with water, the ange, settinginto the chamber, forms a tight packing for the joint ofthe cover.

In the patent of Bishop a communication was formed from the chamber B bya spout leading from the body of the pot, so that, when the pot wasturned for pouring the col'ee, the water in the chamber B would run outwith the coifee.

In an urn there is no occasion for tipping the body, therefore thewaterjoint may be maintained, the body always standing in the sameposition, by which means the coffee may be retained within the pot,-losing none of Aits aroma and flavor, for any length of time, beingperfectly air-tight.

I describe the urn as for coi'ee, but itis equally applicable andpossesses the same advantage as ateaurn, and the operation is the saineas Bishopsfpatent, which is as follows:

The tea or coffee is first placed upon the perforated bottom D of thecylinder C, then the cup E is placed into the cylinder C, and boilingwater poured upon the colee below, until a sufficient quantity' has beenpoured thereon. The chamber Bis .partially filled with water, hot orcold, then the cover placed thereon, and the whole allowed to stand forve minutes, andthe coffee is prepared in the mostv peifect manner andready for use, and is drawn out through the faucet H.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming anything secured iu thepatent of Bishop, aforesaid; but

What 1 do claim new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In combination with the perforated cylinder C within the body A of theurn, the arrangement of theaunnlar chamber B and ange a of the cover,withor communication from the chamber B to the urn below,

- substantn'ally as and for the pulpose set forth.

GEQ. JONES.

W'itnesses:

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TIBBITs.

